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Native NameNone

Total Speakers3,000,000

Usage By CountryHome Speakers: Mali, Ivory Coast, Gambia and Senegal.

Background It is spoken by over 3 million people and belongs to the Mande branch of the Niger Congo family of languages. It is also used as a lingua franca in Mali. There are many local Bambara dialects spoken in varying degrees by 80% of the population of Mali.